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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event LAX65A0080

1965-04-10 HENDERSON, Nevada, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N12341

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

CESSNA 172M

Year of manufacture

1973

Engine

LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19801027

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A061D5

Registrant of record

MERL ROBERT B

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N12341 Cessna 310C Fatal

Historical record (pre-1982)

NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.

Aircraft

CESSNA 310C · N12341

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dusk

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

DC

Operator type

D

Kind of flying

DY

Weather at impact

Sky

OVERCAST

Temp

44° F

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

100

Age

38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

SH INTO BUILDING WHILE SHE WAS INSIDE BUILDING.

Investigator remarks

PILOT THREATENED EX-WIFE & THEN ATTEMPTED TO CRA

Cause factors

84/C/A C
MISCELLANEOUS SUICIDE Cause
64/L/67 L
PILOT IN COMMAND PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION
88/L/67 L
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 2 0147. Source file NTSB_1965_2_0147.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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